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Cor (Petaled equal Caps celled)

3-petaled, equal. Caps. 1-3-celled, Anthers double. Capsule superior, 2-celled, 2-seeded, compressed. Filaments 3 or 4-sterile, furnished with crossing glands. Caps. 2-3- 89. Aneilema. Like Commelina, but no involucrum. Stamens 6. Anthers 3, sometimes 2-4, dissimilar. 90. Cartonema. Cor. persistent: the 3 outer leaves calycine. Stamens persistent, beardless. Seeds 2. 2. Flowers with a 5-parted Calyx, and no Corolla. 91. Ortegia. Cal. 5-leaved. Stigma headed. Caps. 1-celled, 3-valved at the end. Seeds many, affixed to the bottom of the capsule. Stigma 1-3. 92. Polycnemum. Cal. 5-leaved. Seed 1, in an utriculus. 3. Flowers 6-parted, coloured: the Calyx and Corolla not distinct. 93. Crocus. Spatha usually 2-valved. Flower funnel-shaped, regular: the outer segments largest. Tube very long, partly under ground. Stigma deeply trifid, with convolute segments. 94. Witsenia. Flower tubular, with a 6-parted limb. Stigma slightly trifid or emarginate. Caps. 3-celled, many seeded. 95. Ixia. Spatha 2-valved. Flower with a slender tube and regular limb. Stigmas 3, narrow, recurved.